How rescheduling debt for climate and nature goals could unlock a sustainable recovery

Mar 25, 2021

Palm oil plantation is pictured next to a burnt forest near Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan REFILE - CORRECTING NAME OF THE PROVINCE - RC13A6080000

Countries' rising debt can lead to land exploitation. Image: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan.

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Echandi

Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility

Ibrahim Thiaw

Undersecretary-General of the United Nations; Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

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